International Space Station Architecture: What It Is, and How It Came to Be

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Jan 2002

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IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA.,

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The International Space Station (ISS) is a highly complex 1 million pound spacecraft consisting of 47,000 cubic feet of pressurized volume, 4 million lines of code, 85 racks (system and research), assembled using 37 assembly flights, and supported by 5 different space vehicles. Key functions are distributed across elements and International Partner interfaces. Many of the cost, technical and political constraints that drive the architecture have changed dramatically over the years. Even today, budget issues for NASA and its partners continue to drive the content and architecture of the ISS, as they strive to maximize research. This paper endeavors to describe the ISS architecture, what the key drivers were that shaped it, and what lessons can be learned relative to large international space projects in the future.

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